lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
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lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
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layinge wayte for him and sekinge to catche somethinge of his mought wherby they might accuse him.
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Laying wait for him, and seeking to catche some thing of his mouth, whereby they might accuse him.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to Luke 11:54 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Mark 12:13 They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
- Matthew 22:15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
- Matthew 22:35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
- Psalms 37:32-33 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to kill him. Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
- Psalms 56:5-6 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil. They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.
- Matthew 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
- Luke 20:20 They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
- Mark 3:2 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch…
54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Ver. 54. Seeking to catch something] But there was no guile or gall found in his mouth, saith St Peter, intimating that they sought it.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Laying wait for him - Or, rather, laying “snares”…
Laying wait for him - Or, rather, laying “snares” for him It means that they endeavored to entangle him in his talk; that they did as men do who catch birds - who lay snares, and deceive them, and take them unawares.
That they might accuse him - Before the Sanhedrin, or great council of the nation, and thus secure his being put to death.
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From this we may learn:
1. That faithful reproofs must be expected to excite opposition and hatred. Though the “conscience” may be roused, and may testify against the man that is reproved, yet that does not prevent his hating the reproof and the reprover.
2. We see here the manner in which wicked people endeavor to escape the reproofs of conscience. Instead of repenting, they seek vengeance, and resolve to put the reprover to shame or to death.
3. We see the exceeding malignity which people have against the Lord Jesus. Well was it said that he was set for the fall of many in Israel, that thereby the thoughts of many hearts might be revealed! Luk 2:34-35. Men, now, are not by nature less opposed to Jesus than they were then.
4. We see the wisdom, purity, and firmness of the Saviour. To their souls he had been faithful. He had boldly reproved them for their sins. They sought his life. Multitudes of the artful and learned gathered around him, to endeavor to draw out something of which they might accuse him, yet in vain. Not a word fell from his lips of which they could accuse him. Everything that he said was calm, mild, peaceful, wise, and lovely. Even his cunning and bitter adversaries were always confounded, and retired in shame and confusion. Here, surely, must have been something more than man. None but “God manifest in the flesh” could have known all their designs, seen all their wickedness and their wiles, and escaped the cunning stratagems that were laid to confound and entangle him in his conversation.
5. The same infinitely wise Saviour can still meet and confound all his own enemies and those of his people, and deliver all his followers, as he did himself, from all the snares laid by a wicked world to lead them to sin and death.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 54. to catch] Literally, “to hunt.” They were members…
54. to catch] Literally, “to hunt.” They were members of a body of a sort of ‘commission of enquiry’ which had been sent from Jerusalem for this express purpose, Mar_12:13.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (54) Laying wait for him.—The better MSS. give the…
(54) Laying wait for him.—The better MSS. give the verse in a somewhat simpler form, laying wait to catch something out of His mouth. The words throw light on the subsequent question about paying tribute to Cæsar (Mat_22:15-22; Mar_12:13-17), and show it to have been the acting out of a pre-concerted policy.
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